Scolopendra alcyona
Species of centipede / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scolopendra alcyona, the Halcyon giant centipede,[3] is a species of amphibious centipede found in the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan and Taiwan.[4][3] It is the third amphibious member of the genus Scolopendra discovered so far, and the largest species of centipede in Japan, as well as the first new centipede species discovered in Japan for 143 years.[5][6][7][8][9]
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Scolopendra alcyona | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Scolopendridae |
Genus: | Scolopendra |
Species: | S. alcyona |
Binomial name | |
Scolopendra alcyona Tsukamoto & Shimano, 2021[3] | |
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